Originally Posted by
brokenheartfool 
Yes...this "becoming someone I don't like" bit...elaborate?
This is where the work needs to be done.
I agree! Interesting how we choose our headlines. Your post is all about your friend, but it was something about you that drove you here.
I certainly know what you mean! There comes a point when you look in the mirror and you don't recognize yourself, and that's where the change starts.
As for iwanttobehealthy's "pop psychology"--I related to that too--I think children are SO DESPERATE to rewrite the family script they make it their mission in life. I know I did. And I'm 59, feeling I've only just now started my own book.
I know now why the Bible talks about the sins of the father lasting seven generations. It probably does take hundreds of years to dilute all that poison out of the pond.